tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post5978218602238932036..comments2024-03-26T11:27:35.814-07:00Comments on Tom Stephenson: A Utopian interludeUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-37843567435653530692012-03-06T11:37:24.593-08:002012-03-06T11:37:24.593-08:00Turd-u-LikeTurd-u-LikeTom Stephensonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05979590950587415840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-24563401956388393382012-03-06T07:02:57.907-08:002012-03-06T07:02:57.907-08:00Dog-o-poo.Dog-o-poo.Cro Magnonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06840670227576695352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-19500469775587397102012-03-06T01:17:17.536-08:002012-03-06T01:17:17.536-08:00Didn't you used to collect fine specimens of d...Didn't you used to collect fine specimens of dried dog-turds too, Cro?Tom Stephensonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05979590950587415840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-26974774284068405622012-03-05T21:12:20.907-08:002012-03-05T21:12:20.907-08:00I used to collect names with o in the middle. Full...I used to collect names with o in the middle. Full-o-pep, Gil-o-teen, etc. Not so many around these days.Cro Magnonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06840670227576695352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-84278541681082731762012-03-05T15:29:38.302-08:002012-03-05T15:29:38.302-08:00P.S. I have examined 40 ton blocks of granite in t...P.S. I have examined 40 ton blocks of granite in the Great Pyramid which have joints so fine that you could not insert a razor blade in them, and they have no mortar. Concrete was widely developed by the Romans (the lime version, not the cement one) and is as hard today as it was when it was first made. I wish I could say the same.Tom Stephensonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05979590950587415840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-33835590171550607982012-03-05T15:25:06.106-08:002012-03-05T15:25:06.106-08:00Concrete is mortar with aggregate which sets in la...Concrete is mortar with aggregate which sets in large masses, and mortar is (or should be) used as a jointing compound - glues are the only things which should stick things together. The finer the joint, the less mortar is needed, and the finest (Egyptian) joints of all, need no mortar at all.<br /><br />Yes, the shoes are Crockett and Jones, Northampton. That cellar cover has been walked over by many people, including - to my knowledge - HRH Princess Margaret, Helen Mirren (though she denies it, but I saw her) Roddy Llewelyn and assorted celebrities when the establishment outside which it is was called, 'Parsen Sally'. It is now a 'Cafe Rouge'. sigh...Tom Stephensonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05979590950587415840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-45783243559454445942012-03-05T14:49:51.262-08:002012-03-05T14:49:51.262-08:00My father, a stickler for proper definition, led m...My father, a stickler for proper definition, led me to believe concrete was used for building and cement for sticking things together. Wickipedia seems to use them interchangeably. Has that much precision been lost in forty years? Nice shoes.Joanne Noragonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09834682329952369721noreply@blogger.com